[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I saw a righteous man last night, that Abu Bakr holds onto the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Umar holds onto the hand of Abu Bakr, and Uthman holds onto the hand of Umar." When we stood up from being near the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we said, "As for the righteous man, it is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And as for what was mentioned of them holding onto each other's hand, they are the leaders of this matter that Allah sent His Prophet with." Ad-Darimi said, "I heard Yahya ibn Ma'in saying that Muhammad ibn Harb narrated this hadith with its chain of transmission, and people narrate it from Az-Zuhri as Mursal. It is actually Amr ibn Aban and Aban ibn Uthman's son called Amr."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أُرِيَ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ نِيطَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنِيطَ عُمَرُ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَنِيطَ عُثْمَانُ بِعُمَرَ» فَلَمَّا قُمْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلْنَا أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ فَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَمَّا مَا ذُكِرَ مِنْ نَوْطِ بَعْضِهِمْ بِبَعْضٍ فَهُمْ وُلَاةُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي بَعَثَ اللَّهُ بِهِ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ قَالَ الدَّارِمِيُّ فَسَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ مَعِينٍ يَقُولُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ بِسَنَدِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَالنَّاسُ يُحَدِّثُونَ بِهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ مُرْسَلًا إِنَّمَا هُوَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبَانَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ ابْنٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَمْرٌو